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I know there has been some serious flooding in Margarita in the las week or so. Is anyone there able to tell me how extensive the damage has been? I am trying to decide whether to postpone my upcoming trip.

There has been some flooding and there are, according to todays newspapers, a significant amount of people affected by this. Altho, as of yesterday rains have ceased and the sun is out and the skys are clear.

The most affected parts of the island are pretty much off the beaten path and I would not let your plans be affected by the recent abnormal weather.

More affected where places on mainland Venezeula-especially mountainous regions were there where landslides.

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I just came from Cartagena to Caracas (arrived this morning). There is extensive flooding from just outside Santa marta to well past Maracaibo. Many houses seemed to be nearly inaccessible. Good news is that it will not affect your bus route.. No problems with road (other than some areas under construction--a real mess), but will not stop the bus.

I have friends coming from Bucaramanga at this time by private car and they just had to spend a week in Pamplona, Colombia due to landslides blocking the road due to heavy rains but are now back on the road and have had no other weather related problems that I know of.

Bucaramanga to Pamplona to Cucutá is the southern route that one would take coming from Bogotá or Medellín (Calí)

The northern route (from Santa Marta to Maracaibo) has already been posted on.

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Re: Floods?

3 Jun 2011, 06:39

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